Leaving an old garden, and creating a new one
“ I ’m Melissa Will , aka The Empress of Dirt , and my garden is in Middlesex County , Ontario , Canada . Myprevious gardenhad slow clay filth and it took several years to get it found .
When it was finally look like the imaginativeness I had for it , we had to move .
Here ’s the new one . ”
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Here is the new garden after four years of work. Can you tell I’m a flower fanatic? I start hundreds of plants from seed each spring.
This is what it looked like when we first arrived. The new garden was a blank slate with very sandy soil, providing a whole new challenge. Coming from a small urban lot, I was overwhelmed both the size of the yard and the very sandy soil. With large trees and tree roots dominating the back, I opted to create flower beds near the house.
I do all the physical work and projects myself. I found a bunch of old windows at the side of the road and turned them into this mini greenhouse. I built it on a tall stand so it would not sit in the winter snow. The flower roof is planted in hanging shoe bags.
I needed privacy at the side of the garden so I built this raised bed and wall. I’m training a tiny apple tree that produces a lot of fruit along the wall.
I use the blue paint color on the ladder as a theme throughout the garden.
Here’s a view from the house. I have two little ponds in the flower beds, making my garden the localsocial hub for wildlife, which I love.
This is the garden in winter. I love how blue garden art looks in the snow.
